But then, I somehow reck’d them true myself,

And in my mite mind murmured “what’s the odds

When Nursey’s reason just is?” Therefore you,

Though rather bored I see, remember this:

That grateful we should be, each one of us

For early teaching. So I say to Nursey

That her kind care doth prompt us all to tender

The deeds of Nursey!

Cribblings from the Poets, by Hugh Cayley.
(Cambridge, Jones and Piggott, 1883.)

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